Detailed description (English): GreenSAM is a project within the framework of the European Union's Interreg Baltic Sea Region funding cooperation. Eight project partner from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Finland are working on age-friendly green urban mobility modes. As a basis for the project work, the GreenSAM Atlas was developed. A knowledge document that identifies and analyses relevant factors for senior participation in green urban mobility. See the Atlas on www.greensam.eu/atlas.
Based on the Atlas, GreenSAM develops a toolbox for participative approaches in green urban mobility development. This toolbox comprises different participation tools from which interested public authorities in the Baltic Sea Region can choose the one that matches the specific socio-cultural, legal and political conditions of their country the most. The toolbox is available at www.greensam.eu/toolbox.
Furthermore, the GreenSAM partner cities are developing model solutions. These model solutions are good practices that inspire other public authorities how improved participation can increase the uptake of green mobility offers. The model solutions demonstrate how minor adjustments in decision-making processes or minor investments that result from improved decision-making processes can trigger major impacts regarding the acceptance of green mobility offers among seniors. Read more about the model solutions on www.greensam.eu/pilots.
Detailed description (original language): GreenSAM ist ein Projekt im Rahmen des Interreg-Förderprogramms der Europäischen Union im Ostseeraum. Acht Projektpartner aus Dänemark, Deutschland, Polen, Lettland, Estland und Finnland arbeiten gemeinsam an der Entwicklung von altersgerechten nachhaltigen urbanen Mobilitätsangeboten. Als Grundlage für die Projektarbeit wurde der GreenSAM Atlas entwickelt. Ein Wissensdokument, das relevante Faktoren für die Beteiligung von Senioren an grüner urbaner Mobilität identifiziert und analysiert. Der Atlas ist verfügbar auf www.greensam.eu/atlas.
Auf der Grundlage des Atlas entwickelt GreenSAM eine Toolbox für partizipative Ansätze in der Entwicklung grüner urbaner Mobilitätsformen. Diese Toolbox umfasst verschiedene Partizipationsmethoden, aus denen interessierte Behörden im Ostseeraum dasjenige auswählen können, das den spezifischen soziokulturellen, rechtlichen und politischen Bedingungen ihres Landes am besten entspricht. Die Toolbox ist unter www.greensam.eu/toolbox verfügbar.
Darüber hinaus entwickeln die GreenSAM-Partnerstädte Modelllösungen. Bei diesen Modelllösungen handelt es sich um Best-Practice Beispiele, die andere Behörden inspirieren, wie eine verstärkte Beteiligung die Akzeptanz grüner Mobilitätsangebote erhöhen kann. Die Modelllösungen zeigen, wie geringfügige Anpassungen in Entscheidungsprozessen oder kleinere Investitionen, die sich aus verbesserten Entscheidungsprozessen ergeben, große Auswirkungen auf die Akzeptanz grüner Mobilitätsangebote unter Senioren auslösen können. Lesen Sie mehr über die Modelllösungen unter www.greensam.eu/pilots.
Target group(s): The main outputs of the project are aimed at the target group of public authorities in charge of urban mobility and / or senior affairs. The goal is to equip the target group with better and structured knowledge about the needs and the user knowledge of senior citizens in terms of urban mobility.
Possessing this knowledge is the key requirement for transport operators and local public authorities to deliver needs-driven green mobility offers that are accepted and taken up by ALL users, including the crucial user group of senior citizens.
Objectives: The overall aim of GreenSAM is to increase the acceptance of eco-friendly mobility services in all age groups. Therefore, the project develops a toolbox with guidance for improved participation of elderly citizens in green urban mobility solutions. Also, best practice approaches that increase the share of seniors in green mobility modes will be produced.
More detailed, the project aims are:
▪ to induce behaviour change among the user group of elderly citizens
▪ to help public authorities to gain structured knowledge about user needs
▪ to increase needs-driven decision-making in urban mobility planning
Expected Outcomes: As a result of GreenSAM, the knowledge of local public authorities about senior citizen's mobility needs through improved participation will be increased. All developed participation tools of GreenSAM are intertwined with measures for their institutionalisation, ensuring that participation does not remain a one-time-only process, but that decision-making processes and structures will be improved in the long run.
Thus, one of the main expected outcomes is a contribution to the reduction of the utilisation of conventionally fuelled vehicles in urban areas by encouraging senior citizens to switch from cars to more environmentally friendly means of transport.
Partner: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
City of Aarhus
Municipality of Gdansk
City of Riga
Tartu City Government
Institute of Baltic Studies
Valonia / Regional Council of Southwest Finland
Turku University of Applied Sciences